Jordan Clarkson has been an absolute godsend for the Utah Jazz this season. With Donovan Mitchell sidelined with injury, Clarkson has picked up the scoring slack in a big way as one of the NBA's best sixth men.

He was especially on his game on Monday night against the Golden State Warriors. The Filipino-American guard even managed to outgun human supernova and the NBA's leading scorer in Stephen Curry. Clarkson finished the night with 41 big points, five more than Curry's 36 for the Dubs. Though the Jazz lost, Clarkson still managed to make NBA history in the process.

The Jazz guard became the first ever to notch 40+ points with zero assists while taking more than 15 attempts from downtown. But the record isn't what should get Kobe Bryant stans smiling, but rather the fourth-quarter box score from Clarkson, which was an unintentional (or was it?) ode to the Mamba.

The Jazz entered the fourth quarter down 14 points when Clarkson decided to step up in a big way. The former second-round pick poetically dropped 24 points, with eight field goals made. If that wasn't an ode to Kobe Bryant, I don't know what is.

Talk about Mamba Mentality. The fact is that Clarkson had to do it for the Jazz, who dearly needed someone to go head-to-head with Steph, who was going to drop at least 30 no matter what. Normally, that would have been Donovan Mitchell. But Clarkson knows all too well from his time with the Lakers and Kobe Bryant that when the team needs a bucket that you can get, don't even hesitate.

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Although the Jazz lost in the end, it was by no fault of Jordan Clarkson, who scored their last 11 points. He even made the go-ahead 3-pointer with just over a minute remaining in the contest to put them up 116-114.

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The final minute however belonged to Stephen Wardell Curry. He got the Warriors the lead back with 14 seconds to go and hit two clutch free throws with five seconds remaining. Clarkson missed the game-tying triple to force OT, but he can definitely rest well knowing he channeled his inner Mamba in the clutch.